For those that know Sheelagh you know that she gets very excited about traditions of all sorts. So, here in a very exotic place with very exotic traditions, she's all over the Christmas celebration. We have attended services and marches and feasts. We have watched fireworks, both at night and in the noonday sun. The later is just the works as you can't see the fire. We have listened to lectures in Maltese. We marched through the streets of Nadur in a procession led by all the Christmas characters. We then retired to Al Capone's Pizza where Dorian downed a cheese burger with ham, topped with a hotdog and onion rings and a salad. It has been great.
Christmas dinner this year was made up of roast potatoes, veg and Lampukie pie. This is a pie made of potatoes, olives, tomatoes, onions, capers, walnuts and fish that is caught off Gozo for a couple of months and then it leaves for the year. These dishes were followed by traditional bread pudding. Sheelagh loved it. I dreamed of a big drumstick. The day was capped by watching the new James Bond in Victoria. It was a great day.
Dorian has been slowly coming down with a cold. so he took it easy on boxing day except walking in for a double cheese burger, and cleaning a rabbit in preparation for the next traditional meal.
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| Main Hall of Hypogeum |
Today we all girded our loins and took the trip to Malta to the Hypogeum. This is a subterranean complex consisting of three levels of chambers that were carved out from 3300 BC to 2400 BC. They were used to bury the dead and to celebrate a variety of rituals pertaining to the dead. The middle level is made up of the Holy of Holies and the Main Hall.. There are a series of smaller rooms at different levels where the bodies were placed. Heritage Malta has done a wonderful job setting it up so that small numbers of people, (80 per day), can book in and see the place. It is booked well into 2013 already. We thoroughly enjoyed the experience.
For those that know Sheelagh you know that she gets very excited about traditions of all sorts. So, here in a very exotic place with very exotic traditions, she's all over the Christmas celebration. We have attended services and marches and feasts. We have watched fireworks, both at night and in the noonday sun. The later is just the works as you can't see the fire. We have listened to lectures in Maltese. We marched through the streets of Nadur in a procession led by all the Christmas characters. We then retired to Al Capone's Pizza where Dorian downed a cheese burger with ham, topped with a hotdog and onion rings and a salad. It has been great.
Christmas dinner this year was made up of roast potatoes, veg and Lampukie pie. This is a pie made of potatoes, olives, tomatoes, onions, capers, walnuts and fish that is caught off Gozo for a couple of months and then it leaves for the year. These dishes were followed by traditional bread pudding. Sheelagh loved it. I dreamed of a big drumstick. The day was capped by watching the new James Bond in Victoria. It was a great day.
Dorian has been slowly coming down with a cold. so he took it easy on boxing day except walking in for a double cheese burger, and cleaning a rabbit in preparation for the next traditional meal. 
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